Greek notes

Greeks
· Greeks- originally not united, but a collection of city-states
· Same lang, is valued
· Not same as current Greek language
o Minoans, one community
o Live on Crete
o Fish, trading by sea
o Give language and culture when trading
o Trading with Persians and people in Mediterrean
· Geographical Impact
o Crete is an island, Greece is a peninsula
o Influenced by sea
§ Economy based on sea
§ Transportation easy
o Connect city-states
§ Makes it easier for them to get to each other
o Greece’s land is terrible
§ Mountains prevent trade
§ Valleys form communities
o Early Greece people think of city-state
o Mountainous land prevent farming
§ Protect from invades
o Trade for what they need
o Climate impacts
§ Hot and warm
§ Live close to sea doesn’t change cause of sea
§ Spend time outside
§ Can develop culture, art
§ More progress within Greece
· Mycenae’s
o Mycelia 2000 B.C
o Geography
§ Mountainous
§ By the sea
§ Live in temperate climate
§ Located on a really rocky ridge
§ Surrounded by walls
· Military people
· Powerful
· Have influence
· 1600-1100 B.C
o Like Minoans
o Minoans and Mycenae’s fight
§ Spread art, etc….
§ Had trading relationship
§ Troy
· Mycenae’s vs Troy
· City state
· Fought 10 year battle
o Trojan Wars
§ Trojan Horse
o Mycenae’s collapse
§ Dorian period
· Get storytellers
o Tell oral stories
· Stories embody Greek culture
o Greek myths
§ Myth- Not true story, used to explain unknown events
§ Try to understand human emotions, and nature
· Sad
· Stress
§ Personify emotions with Gods
· Hercules
· Zeus